The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-05-21

the city of Greenville, Miss, or at
such other place as the Associa-
tion shall designate.
Art. 6. One or more farmers
clubs shall be formed in each
Supervisors district in the YazoO
Delta or parts of Supervisors dis.
triet situated therein, and it shall
be the duty of the President ON
the adoption of this constitution
to designate these farmers in each
Supervisors district. and request
them in the name of the Assocla.
tion to organize farmers clubs in
their locality and promote therein
the objects of this Association.
Art. Z. No person shall be eligi.
BILE to membership in the farmers
clubs who is not engaged IN agri-
cultural pursuits in the Yazoo Del.
Ia or interested therein.
Art. s. The farmers clubs shal.
organize by the election of Presl
ident and Secretary and Treas
urer, who shall hold their offices
during the pleasure Of the club.
Each member thereof shall pay an
initiation fee of 81 aud an annual
fee each year thereafter of 81.
0ne-half of these sums shall be
retained in the treasury of the
club, subject to its order, and the
other half shall be promptly and
safely remitted to the Secretary
and Treasurer of the Association
as funds belonging to the Asso-
citation.
Art. Q. II shall be the duty Of
the President of the farmers club
to attend and preside at all meet.
ings and to promote so far as it
lies in his power i'll his locality, q
cordial neighborly feeling among
farmers aud the advancement Of
agriculture.
Art. 10. II shall be the duty of
the Secretary and Treasurer of
farmers clubs to preserve in a
well.bound book the minutes OF
each meeting, the names and post
Office address of the members, to
safely keep the funds of the club,
subject only to the order of the
club, and to collect and preserve
all statistical or other data direct.
ed to be collected by the Associa.
tion or his club, and. to transmit
promptly to the Secretary-Trea'
surer of the Association the funds
directed to be transmitted in Art,
s, the names and address of the
officers and members Of his club,
a concise statement of the pro
ceedlngs of each meeting, as well
as such statistical or other data in
his possession germane to the OBJ
iects of the Association, and he
shall perform such other duties al
may be assigned him from time to
time by his club.
| Art. IL. Tho farmers clubs shal
meet as often as once each month
on regular day to consult and
cooperate for the welfare of theil
community, the advancement o.
agriculture and material develop
ment; and each club shall be inde
pendent of all other clubs, ant
subject to no restrictions except
those imposed by this constitution
or the acts of the Association
hereunder.
Art. IL. Each farmers club at its
regular meeting next before the
regular meeting of the Association
shall elect one delegate for every
ten members or fractional part
thereof to attend and represent II
In the deliberations of the Asso
citation, whose election shall be
certified to by the President and
Secretary of the club and such
delegates, or so many Of them as
may attend the Association, shall
have the sole right to represent
therein the club electing them
Provided, however, that where
such delegates have been so elec.
ted they or any of them in atten'
dance shall have the right to serve
until their successors shall have
been elected.
| Art. 13. This constitution shall
not be altered or amended except
with the concurrence oftwothirds
of the farmers clubs organized
under it at the time of any propo
sed alteration or amendment.
The undersigned, your commit.
tee, respectfully report that the
foregoing constitution was unani.
mously adopted as a basis of or
ganization for this Association.
I. w. WHITE, Chairman,
A. j. PHELPS,
BEN w. STURDEvANT,
u. A. LINDLEY,
HENRY g. MYERS,
G. X. SMITH,
II. T. IREYs,
JAMES +. STOKES.
The report of the committee
was approved and adopted as the
constitution of the Association.
Resolved, That the President
appoint five members of the AS
sociatlon, each to prepare a paper
on some subject pertinent to the
industries of the Delta to be read
at the next meeting of this Asso
citation.
RIVER COMMISSION.
Resolved, That as the members
of this convention reside along
the banks of the Mississippi river
they are the witnesses to the ben
eficial effects of the labors of thu
Mississippi River Commission il
the channel of that stream, ant
here bear testimony that sucl